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Deny access to .svn directories with lighttpd

$HTTP["url"] =~ "/\.svn/" {
    url.access-deny = ( "" )
}

lighttpd url rewrite

url.rewrite = ( "^/$" => "index.html", "^([^.]+)$" => "$1.html" )

Install Rails/lighttpd with DarwinPorts for Tiger

install darwinports package

Add 'export PATH=/opt/local/bin:$PATH' to ~/.bashrc

sudo port -d selfupdate

sudo port install ruby

sudo port install rb-rubygems

sudo gem install rails --include-dependencies

sudo port install readline

sudo port install lighttpd

vi /opt/local/etc/lighttpd.conf [edit lighttpd.conf to your liking]

set up launchd item for lighttpd
	-- restart lighttpd: sudo launchctl stop net.lighttpd
			     sudo launchctl start net.lighttpd

sudo port install fcgi

sudo port install rb-fcgi
	 
install official OS X MySQL package (not darwinports)

sudo gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql


Links:
darwinports package
launchd item
OS X MySQL package

Rails and php on directories example of a lighttpd HOST conditional

$HTTP["host"] =~ "textdrive.(org|com)" {
server.indexfiles          = ( "dispatch.fcgi", "index.php" )
server.document-root             = "/users/home/website/web/public/"
url.redirect = ( "^/forum/(.*)" => "http://forum.textdrive.com/$1",
                 "^/support/(.*)" => "http://support.textdrive.com/$1" )
#url.rewrite = ( "^/$" => "index.html", "^([^.]+)$" => "$1.html" )
server.error-handler-404   = "/dispatch.fcgi"
fastcgi.server = (
               ".fcgi" =>
                    ( "localhost" =>
                        (
                            "socket" => "/tmp/textdrive-new.socket",
                            "bin-path" => "/users/home/website/web/public/dispatch.fcgi",
                            "bin-environment" => ( "RAILS_ENV" => "production" )
                        )
                    ),
".php" =>
                    ( "localhost" =>
                        (
                            "socket" => "/tmp/textdrive-php5-fcgi.socket",
                            "bin-path" => "/usr/local/www/cgi-bin/php5-fcgi",
                            "bin-environment" => (
                            "PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN" => "4",
                            "PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS" => "5000"
                                                 )
                        )
                    )
)
}

Socket conditional example (SSL) for a lighttpd instance to do another port

#### SSL engine
$SERVER["socket"] == "207.7.108.166:443" {
ssl.engine                  = "enable"
ssl.pemfile                 = "/usr/local/openssl/certs/wildcard.textdrive.com.pem"
}

How TextDrive does both PHP and Rails FCGI in one thing-a-ma-bob

fastcgi.server = (
".fcgi" =>
                    ( "localhost" =>
                        (
                            "socket" => "/tmp/textdrive-new.socket",
                            "bin-path" => "/users/home/website/web/public/dispatch.fcgi",
                            "bin-environment" => ( "RAILS_ENV" => "production" )
                        )
                    ),
".php" =>
                    ( "localhost" =>
                        (
                            "socket" => "/tmp/textdrive-php5-fcgi.socket",
                            "bin-path" => "/usr/local/www/cgi-bin/php5-fcgi",
                            "bin-environment" => (
                            "PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN" => "4",   
                            "PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS" => "5000"
                                                 )
                        )       
                    )
)

yet another lighttpd restart script (with status)

#!/bin/sh

# Author: Nathaniel Brown
# Date: December 16, 2005
# URL: http://nshb.net/lighttpd-restart-script.html
# Version: 1.0
# License: MIT

#Binary Paths
CAT="/bin/cat"
PS="/bin/ps"
HTTPD="/usr/local/sbin/lighttpd"

# Modifiy this line for each install
PATH="/home/httpd/vhosts/domain.com/lighttpd/"
LIGHTTPD_CONF=$PATH"lighttpd.conf"
PIDFILE=$PATH"var/run/lighttpd.pid"


PID=0
if [ -e $PIDFILE ]; then
    PID=`$CAT $PIDFILE`
    if [ "x" == "x$PID" ]; then
        PID=0
    fi
fi


case "$1" in
    start)
        if [ 0 -ne $PID ]; then
            running=`$PS --pid $PID | grep $PID`
            if [ $running ]; then
                echo "lighttpd is already running"
                exit 1
            fi
            rm $PIDFILE
            PID=0
        fi
        $HTTPD -f $LIGHTTPD_CONF
        ;;
    stop)
        if [ 0 -eq $PID ]; then
            echo "lighttpd was not running"
            exit 1
        fi
        kill $PID
        tries=""
        while [ -e $PIDFILE ]; do
            if [ "x$tries" == "x.........." ]; then
                break
            fi
            sleep 2
            tries=".$tries"
        done
        if [ -e $PIDFILE ]; then
            echo "lighttpd did not go gentle into that good night, murdering"
            kill -9 $PID
            rm $PIDFILE
        fi
        ;;
    restart)
        $0 stop
        $0 start
        ;;
    reload)
        if [ 0 -eq $PID ]; then
            echo "lighttpd was not running"
        fi
        kill -HUP $PID
        ;;
    status)
       if [ 0 -eq $PID ]; then
            echo "lighttpd is not running"
       fi
       if [ 0 -ne $PID ]; then
            echo "lighttpd (pid $PID) is running..."
       fi
       ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: "`basename $0`" (start|stop|restart|reload|status)"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

yet another lighttpd restart script

#!/bin/sh

USERNAME=username
LIGHTTPD_CONF=/home/$USERNAME/service/lighttpd.conf
PIDFILE=/home/$USERNAME/service/logs/lighttpd.pid
HTTPD=/home/$USERNAME/lighttpd/sbin/lighttpd

PID=0
if [ -e $PIDFILE ]; then
    PID=`cat $PIDFILE`
    if [ "x" == "x$PID" ]; then
        PID=0
    fi
fi

case "$1" in
    start)
        if [ 0 -ne $PID ]; then
            running=`ps --pid $PID | grep $PID`
            if [ $running ]; then
                echo "lighttpd is already running"
                exit 1
            fi
            rm $PIDFILE
            PID=0
        fi
        $HTTPD -f $LIGHTTPD_CONF
        ;;
    stop)
        if [ 0 -eq $PID ]; then
            echo "lighttpd was not running"
            exit 1
        fi
        kill $PID
        tries=""
        while [ -e $PIDFILE ]; do
            if [ "x$tries" == "x.........." ]; then
                break
            fi
            sleep 2
            tries=".$tries"
        done
        if [ -e $PIDFILE ]; then
            echo "lighttpd did not go gentle into that good night, murdering"
            kill -9 $PID
            rm $PIDFILE
        fi
        ;;
    restart)
        $0 stop
        $0 start
        ;;
    reload)
        if [ 0 -eq $PID ]; then
            echo "lighttpd was not running"
        fi
        kill -HUP $PID
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: "`basename $0`" (start|stop|restart|reload)"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

lighttpd.conf update for use with Django

If you grabbed my sample lighttpd.conf before I made this post in the forum, then open up your lighttpd.conf, scroll down to the url.rewrite section, and change this:

"^(/[^media]/.*)$" => "/main.fcgi$1"


To this:

"^(/[^media].*)$" => "/main.fcgi$1"

Updated lighttpd control script to kill FCGIs

#!/bin/sh

LIGHTTPD_CONF=/home/USERNAME/etc/lighttpd.conf
PIDFILE=/home/USERNAME/var/run/lighttpd.pid

case "$1" in
    start)
      # Starts the lighttpd deamon
      echo "Starting Lighttpd"
      /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd -f $LIGHTTPD_CONF
    
  ;;
    stop)
      # stops the daemon bt cat'ing the pidfile
      echo "Stopping Lighttpd"
      kill -9 `cat $PIDFILE`
      # kills the dispatch.fcgis
      ps axww | grep dispatch | egrep -v 'grep' | awk '{ print $1 }' | xargs kill -9 
  ;;
    restart)
        ## Stop the service regardless of whether it was
        ## running or not, start it again.
        echo "Restarting Lighttpd"
        $0 stop
        $0 start
  ;;
    reload)
      # reloads the config file by sending HUP
      echo "Reloading config"
      kill -HUP `cat $PIDFILE`
  ;;
    *)
            echo "Usage: lighttpdctl (start|stop|restart|reload)"
            exit 1
        ;;
esac